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Bernard Sumner, Lionel Shriver, Activism on Stage

25/09/2014

What We Did on Our Holiday reviewed; Bernard Sumner; Lionel Shriver; Activism on Stage

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, What We Did on Our Holiday reviewed; Bernard Sumner; Lionel Shriver; Activism on Stage

Tom Sutcliffe talks to Bernard Sumner about his memoir New Order, Joy Division and Me.

Tom Sutcliffe talks to musician Bernard Sumner about his memoir New Order, Joy Division and Me. Also, Lionel Shriver on her shortlisted short story; plus activism on stage.

Bernard Sumner, one of the founding members of Joy Division and the lead singer of New Order, discusses his autobiography "Chapter and Verse: New Order, Joy Division and Me" which charts his part in the Manchester music scene since the late 1970s, author Lionel Shriver discusses her short story Kilifi Creek, which has been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award, as two plays about youth activism open, playwrights James Graham and Tim Price discuss portraying political protest on stage and What We Did On Our Holiday, a comedy starring David Tenant, Rosamund Pike and Billy Connolly, reviewed.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Olivia Skinner.

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